Grand Blanc QB Bart Williams says he will play football at Grand Valley State if no Division I offer comes his way

Grand Blanc senior Bart Williams threw for more than 3,000 yards this season and ended his high school career with over 6,000 career passing yards. (MLive.com file photo)

GRAND BLANC, MI -- If no Division I scholarship offer comes his way, Grand Blanc quarterback Bart Williams will continue his football career at Grand Valley State University.

Williams announced via Twitter Wednesday night that he has tentatively committed to Grand Valley, but is keeping his options open for another couple of weeks in case a Division I school extends an offer. According to Scout.com, Toledo is the primary Division I school interested in Williams but Central Michigan University has also reportedly shown interest.

Grand Blanc football coach Joe Delaney said earlier in the year that Grand Valley and other Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schools had been heavily recruiting Williams, but that there was also a chance for some Division I offers to come in.

“Bart is a special player because he makes plays that a lot of kids can’t make,” Delaney said. “He’s that guy who has a little something extra and just says to himself ‘I’m going to make that play’ even though it doesn’t look like it’s there. Sometimes, that can get him in trouble, but he usually ends up getting it done.”

Williams passed for over 3,000 yards this season with 36 touchdowns, a year after setting the Grand Blanc school record with 37 touchdown passes as a junior. He was named a First-Team Associated Press All-State Team selection for the second straight season, becoming just the second-ever two-time first-team All-State player in Grand Blanc history.